DJ Barry Hammond

It was way back in mid-June via Rob Dorset and not long after he signed a new contract (in which case the bid probably came before he had signed that deal).

See I wonder here… Mads is a very good goalkeeper, but I don’t ever see him commanding a top price for a Keeper. Stolz on the other hand - he’s got exceptional growth potential and I can’t help feel keeping Mads will significantly dent his growth and the potential return on investment we could see with him in a couple of years time. If reports of Norwich’s £8 million bid for Jakub this summer were true… that’s a significant bid from a championship club for a keeper that has yet to establish a first choice season for himself. Judging from the promotional stuff we’ve done this summer with Jakub, I think internally there was an expectation that he was going to be our number 1 this season and that we were more than happy with that outcome. So perhaps keeping Mads - if that’s what happens - and not having the funds from his sale to invest in other areas of the squad that we’re not so well positioned in is not the instant win that some perceive?

I think it was highlighted we had 28/29 players that would need to be registered in order to play recently. And whilst the youngsters that don’t need registering might not seem a problem… if that takes you upwards of 30 first team pros, that means less coaching contact time and you’ll have a significant number of players that won’t make the squad each week, making it much harder to manage across the piece.

**** - he doesn’t need to do this now… wait until the window closes!

Have you not worked out that comment is a reaction to the squad announcement for todays game… where Justin hasn’t been included (whereas the two you mention start)?

I know nothing of this case… but there are clear hints in this article there’s lot more to come from this story… as has been alluded to on here.

I’m sure there was a game towards the back end of that Maresca season - when we were looking like we were about to shit the bed - and he played and got people on here saying he should start over Vesty. From hazy memory, I think he did the next game… and the consensus on Vesty returned.

I thought there were two worldies from what I saw on Twitter.

The problem we have is we’ve rather visibly replaced him already - to the point it would be down right awkward if we didn’t sell him. I don’t think we dare risk not selling him now.

He’s not long come back to full training following his surgery has he - think that would have been a huge issue in trying to negotiate and sort of sale at an earlier point.

No, this has been standard practice for a long time… so long that I couldn’t tell you how far back it dates.

I know, but when trying to clarify the difference between two situations, adding an additional caveat - which is highly occurrence unusual - is awkward.

Yeah the two aren’t the same are they. It’s a much bigger issue for a jury to consider a case purely on that case’s merits if previous convictions were allowed to be known. You know - the common idea of “well if he was guilty of that, he’s guilty of this too.” Providing evidence of good character on the other hand is an acceptable part of a defence because very often cases evolve around conflicting pieces of testimony where the jury will need to decide how much weight they give to those pieces of testimony. Also note - the judge won’t be adding any new information in his summing up. The whole purpose of the judge doing this is to provide a summary of what the prosecution and defence laid before the court before the jury retires to consider a verdict - so clearly the defence offered evidence of “good character” to try and add weight to their clients testimony when presenting their defence. Final point - it could be that the “good character” remark was primarily made in reference to the brother that has, so far, not received a conviction… rather than the evident thug that - to give him his due -somewhat impressively, briefly incapacitated and downed 4 officers pretty much single-handedly!

Previous convictions are not allowed to be disclosed. But ‘good character’ can be used as a defence.

The judge has to do that though - they have to point the jury to all the relevant matters they should consider when try to come to a verdict. They can’t show any deference during the trial - I expect the sentencing remarks will be a little different.

Everyone’s at it! I blame Yaya Toure myself, he started this nonsense 🎂

The defence’s argument of “self defence” couldn’t really qualify for the attacks against the two female officers - so guilty verdicts on those were pretty much slam dunks, as was the charge relating to the earlier head butting of a man within the terminal that prompted the police’s involvement in the first place. But the “no verdict” on Count 2, which I think relates to Officer Stampy is interesting. That suggests the jury felt there were merits to the claims of “self defence” here and that by implication calls into question the officers initial approach to the men. This could mean there’s more to follow here - could one, some or all of the officers end up being disciplined for their part in this yet? And it’s worth noting, the “no verdict” on count 2 means one of the brothers does remain “free” at the moment, because he was facing no other charges - The CPS will need to decide whether to go for a retrial for that particular charge.

Guilty on 3 counts. No verdict offered for one count - which seems to relate to one of the male police officers.

Try reading the entire tweet!

Looks like the Wednesday admin haven’t bothered for the last couple of years.

This highlights why any incoming transfers might be a little way away yet.